ALPINE TUNDRA OF MONTANA

WHAT IS ALPINE TUNDRA?

ABSOLUTE LOCATION

• Located between 32 and 60 degrees N latitude.
• Located between 120 and 160 degrees W longitude.

CLIMATE

ALPINE

FLORA

• The Flora that grows there is fern and flowers.
• Flora that grow in the alpine tundra have shallow roots.
• The roots cannot grow deeper than 10 feet.
• The ground doesn't thaw so the plants grow close to the ground.

POOR SOIL CONDITIONS

• Flora grows slowly because there is very little carbon dioxide.
• Plants do not decay fast enough creating poor soil.
• Flora does not grow tall there.
• Shrubs and berry bushes are examples of flora.

THREE TYPES OF FLORA

FAUNA

• A mammal that lives in the alpine tundra is a grizzly bear.
• Birds like the rough legged hawk and the snowy owl.
• Reptiles are not found in the alpine.
• Army cutworms moths are insects found here.

ADAPTATIONS

ALPINE ANIMALS HAVE EXTRA FAT

THE ROUGH LEGGED HAWK